Garmin® Announces Dakota Touchscreen Outdoor Handhelds, Simple to Use and Simple to Afford

OLATHE, Kan.--(Business Wire)--
Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global
leader in satellite navigation, today announced the Dakota 10 and Dakota 20
handheld GPS navigators, packing a high-sensitivity GPS receiver, worldwide
basemap and color touchscreen display into a compact, waterproof device with up
to 20 hours of battery life.

"As families and friends explore the outdoors - from an exotic locale to the
local park - Dakota helps keep their adventures affordable and enjoyable," said
Dan Bartel, Garmin`s vice president of worldwide sales. "While kids have fun
with Dakota`s small size and simple interface, parents can take comfort in never
losing their way thanks to high-sensitivity GPS and extended battery life."

Lightweight, rugged and waterproof, Garmin`s new Dakota devices quickly acquire
and maintain satellite reception - even in heavy tree cover or deep canyons -
thanks to a high-sensitivity GPS receiver with HotFixTM, which automatically
calculates and stores critical satellite information and can use that
information to quickly calculate a position. Everyone from geocachers and youth
scouts to surveyors and hunters can take advantage of Dakota`s 850 MB of
internal memory, which can store up to 1,000 waypoints, 50 routes, 2,000
geocaches and an active tracklog of up to 10,000 points and 200 saved tracks.

Based on the innovative interface of Garmin`s award-winning Oregon series,
Dakota`s glove-friendly, color 2.6-inch touchscreen display is easy to read and
use in all conditions, responsive to the touch of your finger, yet resistant to
the forces of nature. Weighing only 6.75 ounces, Dakota lasts up to 20 hours on
two AA batteries and can connect to your PC or Mac via USB connection.

Dakota 20 adds even more features, including a 3-axis compass, barometric
altimeter, a microSD card slot for increased mapping and memory storage, and
wireless unit-to-unit connectivity for sharing your waypoints, tracks, routes
and geocaches wirelessly with compatible Dakota, Oregon, Colorado and Foretrex
devices. Dakota 20`s 3-axis, tilt-compensated electronic compass shows your
heading even when you`re standing still, without needing to hold it level.

It`s fun and easy to get into paperless geocaching with Dakota. You can download
up to 2,000 caches, with information such as location, terrain, difficulty,
hints and description - no more paper print outs and manually entered
coordinates. Visit Garmin.com/geocache for more information.

Dakota comes preloaded with a worldwide basemap and is compatible with Garmin
City Navigator NT for turn-by-turn directions on city streets, Blue Chart g2 for
marine charting, and TOPO U.S. 24K and 100K map software for incredible terrain
detail (each sold separately).

Dakota 10 and Dakota 20 are the latest breakthroughs from Garmin, which has
spent 20 years using technology and innovation to enhance users` lives, making
Garmin a household name in the automotive, aviation, marine, wireless, outdoor
and fitness industries. For more about features, pricing and availability, as
well as information about Garmin`s other products and services, go to
www.garmin.com, www.garmin.blogs.com and http://twitter.com/jakesjournal.

About Garmin International Inc.

Garmin International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), the
global leader in satellite navigation. Since 1989, this group of companies has
designed, manufactured, marketed and sold navigation, communication and
information devices and applications - most of which are enabled by GPS
technology. Garmin`s products serve automotive, mobile, wireless, outdoor
recreation, marine, aviation, and OEM applications. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated
in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United
States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin's
virtual pressroom at www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact the Media Relations
department at 913-397-8200. Garmin, Foretrex and Oregon are registered
trademarks and Dakota, Colorado and HotFix are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its
subsidiaries.

Notice on forward-looking statements:

This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Garmin Ltd. and its
business. All statements regarding the company`s future product introductions
are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management's
current expectations. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in
this release may not occur and actual results could differ materially as a
result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting Garmin,
including, but not limited to, the risk factors listed in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2008, filed by Garmin with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission file number 0-31983). A copy of
Garmin`s Form 10-K can be downloaded at
www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/invRelations/finReports.html. No forward-looking
statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date on which they are made and Garmin undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise.

Garmin International Inc.
Jake Jacobson, 913-397-8200
media.relations@garmin.com

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